1. A medical implant delivery system:
a receptacle connector located at an end of a medical implant and including a laterally extending aperture having an aperture diameter; and
a plug connector, located at a distal end of a delivery system component, for interfitting with the laterally extending aperture of the receptacle connector, the plug connector including a first section having a diameter less than or equal to the aperture diameter, and a second section axially extending in a distal direction from the first section and being compressible from a first diameter greater than the aperture diameter to a second diameter that is smaller than the aperture diameter, the second section being insertable through the aperture with any rotational orientation of the second section about a longitudinal axis through the aperture to interconnect the receptacle connector and the plug connector.
2. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the medical implant is a sling assembly for treating urinary incontinence.
3. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the delivery system component is an elongate tube.
4. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the second section of the plug connector is forced through the laterally extending aperture of the receptacle connector so that the first section extends through the laterally extending aperture.
5. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the delivery system component is a shaft.
6. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the second section of the plug connector includes a conical tip having a base adjacent to the first section of the plug connector.
7. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the second section includes a bulbous portion.
8. The medical implant delivery system of claim 1, wherein the second section includes a spearhead shaped portion.
9. A medical implant delivery system comprising:
a receptacle connector located at an end of a medical implant and including a laterally extending aperture having an aperture diameter; and
a plug connector, located at a distal end of a delivery system component, for interfitting with the laterally extending aperture of the receptacle connector, the plug connector including a first section having a diameter less than or equal to the aperture diameter, and a second section axially extending in a distal direction from the first section and having a diameter greater than the aperture diameter, wherein the receptacle connector includes an axially extending and elongated substrate having a terminal end through which the laterally extending aperture is formed.
10. A medical implant delivery system, comprising:
a receptacle connector located at an end of a medical implant and including a receptacle having first and second end surfaces and a lumen extending there between, each of the end surfaces extending substantially around the lumen, and an elongated tongue section for spacing the receptacle axially away from the sling assembly; and
a plug connector, located at a distal end of a delivery system component and compressible for axially snap fitting into the receptacle connector with an end section of the plug connector having passed both the first and second end surfaces via the lumen.
11. The medical implant delivery system of claim 10, wherein the medical implant is a sling assembly for treating urinary incontinence.
12. The medical implant delivery system of claim 10, wherein the delivery system component is a shaft.
13. The medical implant delivery system of claim 10, wherein the delivery system component is an elongate tube.
14. The medical implant delivery system of claim 10, wherein the plug connector snap fits into the receptacle connector via the first end surface.
15. The medical implant delivery system of claim 10, wherein the end section of the plug connector includes a slit that allows the end section to compress.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A storage and retrieval device for CD’s comprising:
a storage box having right and left sidewalls, a rear wall, spaced apart upper and lower front walls, an access slot formed between said spaced apart upper and lower front walls, said storage box being divided into a plurality of vertically disposed CD storage units, each said CD storage unit including a pair of spacer walls and a separation wall spaced apart from and positioned between said spacer walls to thereby form two CD storage slots adapted to receive two CD’s; and
retrieval means for raising two CD’s located within the two CD storage slots of a selected dual CD storage unit, said retrieval means including an ejector arm slidable on, and rotatable about, a pivot rod, said ejector arm having an upper arm portion and a lower arm portion, said lower arm portion extending outwardly at an angle to said upper arm portion, the lower arm portion of said ejector arm extending through said access slot into the interior of said storage box, said lower arm portion having an outer end having an ejector finger located thereon, said ejector finger being adapted, upon rotation of said sector arm about said pivot rod, to come into contact with the lower edges of only those CD’s located within said two CD storage slots and to raise said CD’s to a CD retrievable position.
2. The storage and retrieval device of claim 1 including CD supporting means for supporting CD’s located within said CD storage slots, said CD supporting means positioned to abut said CD’s on their peripheral edges at a location between the mid-point and lower edge of said CD’s.
3. The storage and retrieval device of claim 2 wherein said CD supporting means is a longitudinal rod extending between and attached to said sidewalls.
4. The storage and retrieval device of claim 1 including an index located on the upper front wall adjacent said access slot, said index exhibiting horizontally disposed consecutive numbers, each of said numbers being in alignment with a CD storage unit.
5. The storage and retrieval device of claim 4 wherein said consecutive numbers are selected from the group consisting of consecutive even numbers and consecutive odd numbers.
6. The storage and retrieval device of claim 1 including an ejector arm locating mechanism adapted to hold said ejector arm in said CD retrievable position.
7. The storage and retrieval device of claim 6 wherein said ejector arm locating mechanism is a pivot pin located adjacent the outer end of said ejector am said pivot pin having an outer end adapted to be rotated into contact with said upper front wall of said storage box when said ejector arm is in said CD retrievable position.
8. The storage and retrieval device of claim 5 wherein said upper arm portion of said ejector arm has an outer end that, upon sending said ejector arm along said pivot rod, can be positioned opposite one of said numbers.
9. A storage and retrieval device for CD’s comprising:
a storage box having right and left sidewalls, a rear wall, spaced apart upper and lower front walls, an access slot being formed between said spaced apart upper and lower front walls, said storage box being divided into a plurality of vertically disposed CD storage units, each said CD storage unit including a pair of spacer walls and a separation wall spaced apart from and positioned between said spacer walls to thereby form two CD storage slots, said spacer walls and said separation walls extending between, and attached to, said rear wall and said upper front wall, said spacer walls and said separation walls each having sloping lower edges that form congruent inverted V-shaped bottoms; and
retrieval means for raising CD’s located within the two CD storage slots of a selected dual CD storage unit, said retrieval means including an ejector arm slidable on, and rotatable about, a pivot rod, said ejector arm having an upper arm portion and a lower arm portion, said lower arm portion extending outwardly at an angle to said upper arm portion, the lower arm portion of said ejector arm extending through said access slot into the interior of said storage box, said lower arm portion having an outer end having an ejector finger located thereon, said ejector finger being adapted, upon rotation of said ejector arm about said pivot rod, to come into contact with the lower edges of CD’s located within said two CD storage slots and to raise said CD’s to a CD retrievable position.
10. The storage and retrieval device of claim 9 including CD supporting means for supporting CD’s located within said CD storage slots, said CD supporting means positioned to abut said CD’s on their peripheral edges at a location between the mid-point and lower edge of said CD’s.
11. The storage and retrieval device of claim 10 wherein said CD supporting means is a longitudinal rod extending between and attached to said sidewalls.
12. The storage and retrieval device of claim 9 including an ejector arm locking mechanism adapted to hold said ejector arm in said CD retrievable position.
13. The storage and retrieval device of claim 12 wherein said ejector arm locking mechanism is a pivot pin located adjacent the outer end of said ejector arm, said pivot pin having an outer end adapted to be rotated into contact with said upper front wall of said storage box when said ejector arm is in said CD retrievable position.
14. The storage and retrieval device of claim 9 wherein said spacer walls and said separation walls each have an upper horizontal edge, said upper horizontal edges of said spacer walls being recessed below said upper horizontal edges of said separation walls.
15. A storage and retrieval device for CD’s comprising:
a storage box having right and left sidewalls, a rear wall spaced apart upper and lower front walls, an access slot being formed between said spaced apart upper and lower front walls, said storage box being divided into a plurality of vertically disposed CD storage units, each said CD storage unit including a pair of spacer walls and a separation wall spaced apart from and positioned between said spacer walls to thereby form two CD storage slots, said spacer walls and said separation walls each having an upper horizontal edge, said upper horizontal edges of said spacer walls being recessed below said upper horizontal edges of said separation walls; and
retrieval means for raising CD’s located within the two CD storage slots of a selected dual CD storage unit, said retrieval means including an ejector arm slidable on, and rotatable about a pivot rod, said ejector arm having an upper arm portion and a lower arm portion, said lower arm portion extending outwardly at an angle to said upper arm portion, the lower arm portion of said ejector arm extending through said access slot into the interior of said storage box, said lower arm portion having an outer end having an ejector finger located thereon, said ejector finger being adapted upon rotation of said ejector arm about said pivot rod, to come into contact with the lower edges of CD’s located within said two CD storage slots and to raise said CD’s to a CD retrievable position.
16. The storage and retrieval device of claim 15 including CD supporting means for supporting CD’s located within said CD storage slots, said CD supporting means positioned to abut said CD’s on their peripheral edges at a location between the mid-point and lower edge of said CD’s.
17. The storage and retrieval device of claim 16 wherein said CD supporting means is a longitudinal rod extending between and attached to said sidewalls.
18. The storage and retrieval device of claim 15 including an ejector arm locking mechanism adapted to hold said ejector arm in said CD retrievable position.
19. The storage and retrieval device of claim 18 wherein said ejector arm locking mechanism is a pivot pin located adjacent the outer end of said ejector arm, said pivot pin having an outer end adapted to be rotated into contact with said upper front wall of said storage box when said ejector arm is in said CD retrievable position.